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Monday, June 23, 2008

One of my favorite new designers submitting artwork has sent in a lot of great concept logos for teams including the Devils, Predators, Senators and most recently, the Flyers. Up next, he's taking a shot at the Phoenix Coyotes.

And it seems to me his work just keeps getting better with every design.

I've read that some of you are comparing his logo designs to Matt's work and I'm not sure I can argue with you there. These two concept logos are top notch — definitely worthy of any professional sports club.

That's all I've got for today, but what we lack in quantity here I believe is made up for in quality. Let me know what you think of these in the comments.

This guy needs to be hired by the league. If any team had logos this good, I'd buy their jerseys in a heartbeat. I like how he incorporates the current secondary patch as the backdrop in the second image, and the coyote certainly looks intimidating in the first. In the second design, the coyote just looks incredibly majestic.

How many bad ideas am I going to see? I can see why this guy and Matt are being compared, both keep turning in performances that make me thankful they aren't actually doing this for teams. These are terrible.

personally, i think the coyotes one, and the preds one are easily the best two (between gfb and this new dude)

but chris, you should contact both these fellas on a few teams that havnt been done yet. post their results and then poll to see who makes the better logo. 1 point per winner. first to like 10 points wins or something.

-The contest is limited to only logos which the artists have not posted up on here yet.

-8 logos each

-Each week, Chris names the team they have to do, and at the end of the week, it's posted. The day it's posted, Chris names a new team for them to do, and while we wait for that one, all the readers get to vote on the one which was just posted. With this format, there's never any dead time, and it sort of works with the normal production schedules of both artists, so neither gains a real advantage.

-At the end of the 2 months (8 weeks=8 teams=2 months), a winner is named based on who won the most. A tiebreaker could be a classic team, named by Chris or the vote of the readers.

After that, the competition could be over, or we could do more head to head match ups, either with these artists or others who'd like to try their hand at it. If we did more of GFB and SK, we could do all defunct teams, or possibly even minor league stuff.

All just suggestions Chris, feel free to take what you like, and discard what you don't.

Interesting how this guy only does alternate logos. None of these have been meant as a primary. So everyone who's apparently hating on these, cool your jets and get a life. Dan Angell, get real. You seem like one of those stubborn people who can't admit that anything can improve. Yes, as good as the Coyotes' logo is (I think it's tops in the league), and I know these are alternates, but I think these are better.

So all you whiners, how about you make something better if these are so "Ugh. No, just...no." Oh yeah, you can't, so give him some respect.

Here is is a challenge to both designers...re-tool the Avalanche logo. I dare you. Can you come up with anything better? What can you possibly create the will be better than the existing primary AND secondary. Snow coming down a mountain in a deadly fashion (hard enough to conceptualize) with the NHL team twist. Good luck to both of you...you are going to need it.

Is it visually appealing? yes, it is - Sigma Kappa's work definitely has a professional aesthetic to it that puts other pieces of fan art to shame. Props to him.

But this particular logo, though - I can't tell if what I'm looking at is supposed to be a coyote or a phoenix. Clearly he's drawing on the symbology of both, but in the end, it feels a little indecisive. Either SK, or the logo itself, can't decide what it wants to be.

I feel awful continuing my criticism here, but the second one looks like an ad for the AZ office of Greyhound Bus Lines..

Like his entire collection thus far, the PHX logos are visually stunning. But they're still a little off the mark, and in my opinion no better or worse than what the team has going for them already..

GFB does have a job Godsave1thequeen, i was just talking to him on the chris creamer's message boards, and he was making a logo for one of his clients, and i think he deserves to get that out of the way first, since he doesnt get paid by NHLTOL to do his stuff....

about the logo, i like it except for in the primary, it looks kinda out of place with the fur, its like the head and the fur from the shoulders, but the shoulders arent on there.

Tony is correct. I agree GFB's are better than these guy's. And can you all stop hating on GFB? Do you know how long it can take to complete a whole concept from start to finish? There are a lot of stages and much trial, error, and planning... plus GFB does uniforms as well. I guarantee you this guy had completed these before and is just submitting them one after another.. plus it is lower-quality work (though it is still quite impressive), in terms of sports logos, than GFB's. Lighten up people, be patient.

I'm no designer, but I know what I hate, and I hate these. I have yet to see a good one come from either guy. Am I not entitled to my own opinion?

I respect him for trying, but these logos are just terrible. I don't have to like them and I'm going to continue to say that I think they suck when I think they suck. That's the only way you get any improvement.

Oh, right, I forgot I was talking to a Leafs fan, you haven't mastered that one yet.

These are really good, my favourites by this guy. Personally, I believe he is hit and miss, while GFB is consistently good with his designs (except I really hated that Ducks one). All in all, these arent perfect, but they are really good still. Also, that guy that did the Rangers and Kings is just as good as Sigma Kappa, hit with Rangers, miss with Kings. This site just keeps getting better and better.

To Dan Angell: All I asked was for you to show him a little respect for creating what OTHER people think are beautiful logos. I understand everyone needs a little constructive criticism, but at least encourage him if you're not a fan so that hey, maybe he'll make a set that you actually like. Your attitude reminds me of Mike Keenan, someone who needs to chill and get happy.

regarding the bottom logo (coyote running across arizona): what if the inside of the bottom of arizona (the black part below the coyote) was the gold color and the most inside outline was changed from gold to black?

the only reason why i ask is because the ground seems to blend in with the shadowed part of the coyote and you might not see the coyote from a distance (if you were a fan at the arena).

Even though the Coyotes new logos are worlds better than the old ones, this work is just beautiful. Incredible stuff, man, literally breathtaking (eh, not so dramatic, but I was definitely speechless when I saw them!)